José María Queipo de Llano y Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno, GE, was a Spanish politician and historian, who was Prime Minister of Spain. In Spain, he is simply known as Conde de Toreno.
José María Queipo de Llano, conde de Toreno
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the Queen of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and Queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marri
José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno
…Asturias (Alferez Mayor) it fell to him to proclaim the young queen, Isabella II. In 1834 his now moderate opinions pointed him out to the queen regent, Maria Christina, as a useful man for office. In June 1834 he was minister of finance, and became the 2nd Prime Minister of Spain on June 7. His tenure of the premiership…
Portrait by Vicente López y Portaña, 1830
Maria Christina - Regent of Spain, by Valentín Carderera, mid 1830s
Queen Maria Christina of Spain in old age